A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ROPSLEY, a village and a parish in Grantham district, Lincoln. The village stands 5 miles N E of Great Ponton r. station, and 6 E S E of Grantham; and has a post-office under Grantham. The parish contains also the hamlet of Little Humby. Acres, 3, 740. Real property, £5, 390. Pop., 845. Houses, 191. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £940.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is bad, but has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £12 a year, and 25 acres of townland. Bishop Fox, the founder of Corpus Christi college, Oxford, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ropsley AP/CP Grantham RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Ropsley |
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